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2020 Project Excellence Award: SANS National Register Survey & Nomination​

Preservation Long Island is pleased to present a 2020 Project Excellence Award to the community sponsors of the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Subdivisions (SANS) National Register Historic District Survey and Nomination. This project demonstrates exceptional community-based advocacy for historic preservation and documents significant Jim Crow- and Civil Rights-era […]

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SANS Update:

Sag Harbor’s SANS Historic District is now officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places!

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SANS update:

Sag Harbor’s historically African American resort community is in the news again!

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The Founding and Future of Sag Harbor’s Azurest Subdivision

Rapid redevelopment threatens the historical landscape of Sag Harbor’s remarkable SANS community. Learn about the urgent preservation needs of this locally, regionally, and nationally important neighborhood, focusing on the creation of Azurest, the earliest of the three subdivisions, founded by women of color in the late Jim Crow era.